Media in Australia
Websites
If your media research topic has an Australian component, you will find some useful links on the Australian culture section of the English resources webguide.
- The Australian: Media section
- I find it useful to keep up to date with what's happening in Australian media circles to read Thursday's Media section in The Australian newspaper.
Most of the articles from Thursday's Media pages, as well as media-related articles from the last few issues of The Australian, may be read online - an easy way to keep yourself informed.
- Creative industries in South Australia
- Creative industries not only contribute to the cultural and social capital of a society, but also are an increasingly important source of economic value, through the creation of employment, expenditure and income generation, and the flow-on effects to other industries.
The University of Adelaide is currently conducting a three-year research study entitled Creative Economy: Investigating South Australia's Creative Industries. The study will conceptually define and statistically map the features of companies, organisations and individuals across the creative industries in South Australia; examining industry structure, business turnover, employment size, inter and intra industry linkages, as well as assessing the potential for growth of the creative industries in South Australia.
Our own Chika Anyanwu is a member of the Research Team.
- Creative Economy
- Creative Economy is a gateway to research and commentary on developments in Australia's creative industries and their cultural and social impact, hosted by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI). The site draws on the resources of Australian Policy Online, together with outputs from industry groups, consultants and other researchers and research organisations. All listings are archived and can be retrieved with a Search facility, or you can browse in an Archive under individual subject areas such as Digital Media or Games.
- PANDORA: News & Media
- PANDORA [Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia], Australia's Web Archive is a growing collection of copies of Australian online publications, established initially by the National Library of Australia in 1996, and now built in collaboration with nine other Australian libraries and other cultural collecting organisations.
The News & Media section includes many significant and interesting texts.
There's an excellent Search function if you are looking for a specific document on this rich site.
- Culture & Communication Reading Room
- Sadly, this Murdoch University site closed in 1994. These archive pages contain much useful information, and most of the links are still OK.
Media history
- The Australian Media History Database
- A database of researchers investigating Australian media history, established by the ARC Cultural Research Network as part of its goal of supporting research in the areas of cultural and media studies, cultural history, cultural geography, cultural anthropology, and the creative industries.
The database aims to:
encourage researchers to contact each other on matters of mutual interest;
avoid duplication in research;
assist postgraduates and recent graduates with research exposure and networking;
assist with developing cross-institutional research partnerships and joint research projects;
bring academic research to the attention of related cultural institutions;
assist with easier development of ARC Linkage grant applications and the involvement of industry partners.
Categories of research include advertising, film, games, magazines, music, press, publishing, radio and television. Free to use, the database is searchable by keyword, researcher, project and institution.
Researchers are invited to submit the details of their projects.
Print material
- Media and Communications in Australian Families
- This major study into media and communications in Australian family homes was published on 17 December 2007. The report is an in-depth study of children's use of electronic media and the way parents mediate that use. It includes an up-to-date review of the academic research literature on the long-term influence of media on children and families.
The research considered a range of children's leisure activities and investigated how the internet, free-to-air and subscription television, radio, mobile phones and games fit into the lives of Australian young people and families.
The report includes analysis of:
- detailed information from over 1000 children (aged eight to 17 years) about the time they spend on leisure activities, including electronic media
- an inventory of media equipment in 750 homes
- a questionnaire to 750 parents/guardians examining the attitudes and behaviours that families adopt to mediate the use of electronic media by children
The report also includes comparisons with results from 1995 research reported in Families and Electronic Entertainment, which shows how the family media and communications environment has changed over 12 years.
Available for downloading in several formats from the ACMA website. The Library also has a paper copy.
To find more books on the media in Australia you'll need to search the Library Catalogue by Keywords:
"mass media" and australia
For books on Australian culture generally, search the Library Catalogue under the Subject Heading Australia Social conditions.
 This page was created and is maintained by Alan Keig
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